Golf club grip



Sept. 28, 1954 B. H. DE BROCKE GOLF CLUB GRIP Filed June 13, 1951 10 H10 k F 9 14/ I 10 INVENTOR.

Ben fie Bra/ e BYM Patented Sept. 28, 1954 UNITED STATES FATENT reignsOFFECE 1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in sporting goods and,more specifically, to a new and improved device for facilitating theholding and gripping of a golf club in a correct manner.

It is a well known that correctly holding a sport device is the firstrequisite for playing a sport well, and most people do not play anysport well because they dont know how to grip and hold the club, racket,bat or the like correctly.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is the provision of adevice of the character described which is permanently provided on, orwhich can be attached easily to that portion of a golf club or of asimilar sport device which is normally engaged by the hands of a personusing the sport device and provided with means for indicating theposition of the fingers for correctly holding the sport device.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device ofthe character described whose means for indicating the gripping positionof the fingers consist of a design and of perforations through which aplayers thumbs can directly contact the sport device, and said meansindicate preferably the grip and finger position of top golf players.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a deviceof the character described which can be attached easily and quickly togolf clubs or the like by pasting it thereon by means of adhesive or thelike, and which is also of a pleasing outer appearance, inexpensive tomanufacture, light in Weight, sturdy and durable.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a preferred embodiment of my inventionattached to a golf golf;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan View of an embodiment of my invention made inthe form of a pair of flat sheets;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-5 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a detailed plan view of one of the sheets of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

While my new and improved device, which I prefer to call a golf clubgrip, can be used for all kinds of sporting goods, the embodiment of myinvention shown in the accompanying drawing and described hereinafter isspecifically designed for use in connection with a golf club 2 (Figs. 1and 2). The numeral Ii denotes a longitudinal sheet of thin tightlywoven fabric material, leather, plastic material, or the like; and thenumeral 5 denotes a piece of loosely woven material, such as cheesecloth or the like, which protrudes beyond the sheet 4. One side of thelatter is provided with a layer 3 of adhesive, by means of which it issecured to the sheet 6. The sheet 4 can be torn off the sheet 6.Thereupon the sheet Ll still has sufficient adhesive on one side forpasting it upon the handle portion of the golf club 2 in such a mannerthat an arrow 3 shown thereon points toward the lower end of the club 2and is in alignment with the head center of the golf club 2. The widthof the sheet i is smaller than the circumference of the handle portionof the golf club, so that the sheet l will cover said handle portiononly partially, allowing a portion of the players hand to touch directlythe golf club. The position of the ends of the players thumbs areindicated on the sheet 4 preferably by perforations 80, so that thethumbs will contact directly the normally rough surface of the leatherhandle of the club. The correct position of the tips of the rest of thefingers is indicated on the sheet 4 by means of cutouts i2. This golfgrip is a half of a grip fitting on the top of the club shaft. It willbe obvious that there could be substituted designs only for theperforations if}, or perforations for the cutouts i2, but I prefer thearrangement shown in the drawing. As a further aid for gripping the golfclub 2 and for assuming the correct posture of the player, I prefer toindicate on the sheet l the Vs of each hand formed between the thumb andthe index finger by the inverted V designs it. The points of said Vsmust be directed toward the right shoulder of the player, which isaccomplished automatically if the club 2 is grasped in the mannerindicated by this device. My new and improved golf club grip is of thegreatest advantage to anyone who is a beginner in the art of playinggolf or the like. It enables the player to hit the ball in such a mannerthat it will be projected straight. If it is intended to project theball to the right or to the left, instead of straight, the hands aremoved slightly to the left or to the 3 right respectively from thecorrect position indicated by the device.

Since certain changes may be made in the above articles and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A golf club grip device comprising a longitudinal sheet of closely wovenfabric material whose width is smaller than the circumference of thehandle portion of a golf club and one side of which is provided with alayer of adhesive constructed and arranged for securing the sheet to asection of the periphery of the handle portion of. the golf club, saidsheet having a pair of parallel longitudinal edges as well as apair ofparallel transverse upper and lower edges, and the upper transverse edgebeing adjacent the upper end of the golf club! when the sheet isattached tothe club, said sheet being provided with a pair ofperforations each of which has an arcuate border portions spanned bastraight border portion, and the first one of said perforations beinglocated intermediate the ends of said sheet and arranged in such amanner that its arcuate border portion is close to one of thelongitudinal edges of said sheet while the second one of saidperforations is located intermediate said first per foration and thelower transverse edge of the sheet and is substantially equally spacedfrom said longitudinal edges, a first marginal cutout having a pluralityof semi-circular sections being provided on said sheet intermediate saidfirst perforation and the upper edge of the sheet adjacent thatlongitudinal edge of the sheet which is close to the arcuate borderportion of said first perforation, a second marginal cutout having aplurality of semicircular sections being provided on said sheet adjacentthe other longitudinal edge thereof and located close to said secondperforation, and an arrow design on said sheet intermediate and parallelto the longitudinal edges thereof and adjacent one of said transverseedges of the sheet for indicating the proper position of the sheet onthe golf club, which proper position is attained if said arrow pointstoward the lower end of the club and is in alignment with the headcenter of the club, said perforations permitting a golf player to touch,through them, the golf club with his thumbs, and said cutouts on saidsheet indicating the position of the rest of the fingers of said persongripping the golf club.

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